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arXiv 2003.03166cond-mat.mtrl-sci
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Fe2VAl Heusler化合物中的非预期带隙增加

Unexpected band gap increase in the Fe2VAl Heusler compound

A. Berche, M. Talla Noutack, M. -L. Doublet, P. Jund

摘要:

了解材料的电子结构在能源应用中是必不可少的,以合理化其性能并提出替代方案。用于热电应用的材料通常是小间隙半导体,并且应该具有高的品质因数ZT。即使Fe 2 VAl Heusler化合物具有良好的ZT,其导电性质(半金属或半导体)仍不清楚,特别是在低温下。在本文中,我们专注于我们的DFT计算的影响,温度上的带隙的Fe 2 VAl。与通常观察到的相反,我们表明,温度升高和热激活Al/V反转缺陷(实验观察到)的形成,打开带隙。这种不寻常的行为是协调使用标准GGA功能对Fe 2 VAl化合物进行的所有带隙测量的关键,并且可能是改善该系列材料的热电性能的有效方法。

英文摘要:

Knowing the electronic structure of a material is essential in energy applications to rationalize its performance and propose alternatives. Materials for thermoelectric applications are generally small-gap semiconductors and should have a high figure of merit ZT. Even if the Fe2VAl Heusler compound has a decent ZT, its conductive nature (semi-metal or semiconductor) is not yet clarified especially at low temperature. In this paper, we focus our DFT calculations on the effect of temperature on the bandgap of Fe2VAl. In contrast to what is usually observed, we show that both the temperature increase and the formation of thermally-activated Al/V inversion defects (observed experimentally), open the bandgap. Such an unusual behavior is the key for reconciling all bandgap measurements performed on the Fe2VAl compound using a standard GGA functional and could be an efficient way for improving the thermoelectric properties of this family of materials.

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